It was not all guesswork. Based on your perception, you could actually sense that the Mínghún Zhèn Bird, with its powerful soul, still posed a certain degree of danger—though it was not fatal to you.
Judging combat strength by danger level was not entirely baseless. To distinguish it, you chose to give the Mínghún Zhèn Bird a name and bestowed your surname upon your attendant, calling it Ye Zhen—simple and clear.
After learning of Ye Zhen's Trait, you decided that it was unsuited for frontal combat and treated it as a weapon for surprise attacks. To that end, you chose Xiao Jiu's follow-state to be a bracelet.
For some unknown reason, though it was clearly a bird, after entering its follow-state, it looked no different from an ordinary bracelet. Outsiders would never imagine what this thing's true form was.
That same year, Jiang Wen came of age. As someone who had undergone Rebirth, her feelings for you had only grown stronger. Thus, the two of you simply married, and shared a bed that very night...
The next day, thanks to her Ethereal Emperor Physique, the amount of Essence Yuan Jiang Wen received was terrifying. Under normal circumstances, it might have been enough to burst someone apart. Fortunately, you had long devised a solution: you used the Essence Yuan Jiang Wen could not withstand to nourish her body, helping her lay an exceptionally solid foundation. Only the remaining Essence Yuan was sealed within her body, to be used when Jiang Wen raised her cultivation in the future.
With a sixth-grade Life Law within you, the entire process appeared perilous, but in truth, everything remained under your control. Even if a minor accident had truly occurred midway, you had the Retrograde Dao Fruit as a backup. This had been a sure thing